On January 26th, the San Diego Military Family Collaborative had it’s first convening of 2018, with the topic of the month on Homelessness. Over 70 military providers, agencies, and families gathered to learn valuable information on what it means to work in this area and the unique issues and trends that are seen in the […]

COORDINATING COUNCIL APPLICATION PROCESS NOW OPEN COORDINATING COUNCIL PURPOSE: To provide the SDMFC with leadership and functional authority to make decisions that can effect changes to accomplish our vision, mission, and goals. At this time there are 5-6 open Coordinating Council positions. COORDINATING COUNCIL SELECTION PROCESS: 2018 Coordinating Council Letters of Interest accepted from November 1, […]

The Military Transition: Spouse Edition Action Team is excited to announce its upcoming Facebook live mini-series: “MTSE Transition Talks,” coming in October. Every Tuesday, this Action Team will overview what to consider during your transition to civilian lifestyle regarding your child’s education! Please join us every Tuesday in October at 10:30 am on the SDMFC facebook […]

COMMAND MASTER CHIEF ERNEST M. BELMARES, RETIRED – U.S.NAVY to serve as Keynote Speaker at this year’s Annual Conference We are delighted to announce that CMC Ernest M. Belmares, Retired U.S. Navy will serve as the keynote speaker at SDMFC’s 2017 Annual Conference. With a distinguished career and […]

Better Together Friday, August 18th from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Liberty Station Conference Center (2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA 92106 ) CLICK HERE TO RSVP Join 250+ military spouse leaders, command leadership and family service professionals from across San Diego! Attendees include Navy Command Ombudsman, Marine Family Readiness Officers, social service professionals, local and national […]

SDMFC Email Newsletter Submission Form Interested in getting your information in the SDMFC Newsletter? Here are all the things you need to know! GUIDELINES – PLEASE READ before submitting The Newsletter goes out bi-weekly. The deadline to submit is the 1st and the 15th of every month. Due to space limitations, we are not able […]

Mother’s Day is coming soon. As a military spouse, my husband has missed more holidays and birthdays than I count. But somehow him missing Mother’s Day seems like especially cruel joke. This is supposed to be my day; a day dedicated to pampering and breakfast in bed and maybe a couple hours of quiet time […]

“I won’t eat it. You can’t make me!” Sound familiar? Having a picky eater in the family can really be frustrating, and impact on the quality of the time a family spends together at the dinner table. To that end, I would like to share some tips I recently learned during a training with a […]

The San Diego Military Family Collaborative (SDMFC) is made up of over 150 public, private, faith-based, military, and governmental organizations, under the support and oversight of Social Advocates for Youth (SAY), San Diego. From the Healthy Start Military Family Resource Center (HSMFRC) the office doubles not only as a military resource center, but also a […]